15 December 2021
خ. الراس الأحمر, عقابة, خلة الفرن, خ. المفقرة, الركيز, Kh. a-Ras al-Ahmar, al-'Aqabah, Khalet al-Furn, Kh. al-Mufaqarah, a-Rakeez, Kh. a-Ras al-Ahmar, 'Aqqabah, Khalet al-Furn, Kh. al-Mufaqarah, a-Rakeez
On Wednesday, 1 December 2021, the Civil Administration confiscated six tractors, four water containers, and five private vehicles in the Khirbet Ras al-Ahmar area in the northern Jordan Valley. On Sunday, 5 December 2021, on the first day of military training in the northern Jordan Valley, the Civil Administration confiscated a tractor used by a resident of ‘Aqaba to perform agricultural work in the area. On Monday, 14 December 2021, at 10:00 A.M., Civil Administration personnel arrived with a military and Border Police escort and equipped with two bulldozers to the land of the community of Khalet al-Furn in the South Hebron Hills. The forces raked agricultural land in a 4-dunam area, and demolished a cistern owned by a family from East Jerusalem by the power of Military Order 1797. On Wednesday, 15 December 2021, Mahmoud Hamamdeh, a farmer from Khirbet al-Mufaqarah, plowed his plot of land in the Khirbet a-Rakeez area about a kilometer east of which the settlement of Avigail was established. A settler who noticed the work summoned the Civil Administration, who came to the scene accompanied by a military jeep and confiscated the tractor and a digger on the pretext that it was used for work on state land. On Thursday, 16 December 2021, farmer Sa’id ‘Awad from the community of Um Lasafa plowed his land near the community of She’b al-Batem in the South Hebron Hills using a tractor and a digger. The work was coordinated with the Civil Administration (C.A.), and one of its representatives was present on the ground along with soldiers who accompanied him. At around 11:00 A.M., About six settlers came to the land. The settlers spoke with the representative of the C.A., and after a few minutes, the latter forbade the farmer to plow all his lands and ordered him to settle for part of it. The farmer moved to a nearby plow he owns, where the military does not require him to coordinate his work, and began plowing it. However, the C.A. representative and the soldiers then confiscated the tractor and the plow he used on the pretext that it was state land.
1 December 2021
خ. الراس الأحمر, Kh. a-Ras al-Ahmar, Kh. a-Ras al-Ahmar
On Wednesday, 1 December 2021, at around 4:00 A.M., Civil Administration personnel accompanied by soldiers and equipped with four crane trucks arrived at Khirbet Ras al-Ahmar in the northern Jordan Valley. The forces confiscated six tractors, three with trailers, four water trailers and five cars, claiming they were located in Firing Zone 901.
14 May 2020
خ. الراس الأحمر, Kh. a-Ras al-Ahmar, Kh. a-Ras al-Ahmar
On Thursday, 14 May 2020, at around 8:00 A.M., Civil Administration personnel came with a military-jeep escort, a digger and a crane truck to the Palestinian community of Khirbet a-Ras al-Ahmar in the Jordan Valley and confiscated water pipes. The forces also destroyed two tents, one of which had been used as a rest stop for a shepherd who lives outside the community and the other as a livestock pen for a local resident. The forces also destroyed two livestock enclosures. On the previous day, Wednesday, 13 May 2020, at around 8:30 A.M., Civil Administration personnel came with a digger and a military-jeep escort to the Palestinian village of Fasayil a-Tahta in the Jordan Valley. The forces destroyed concrete and metal posts installed as a foundation for a structure where a family of five, including three children, was going to live. The forces also destroyed a tent and a shack used as livestock pens by two local residents.
18 September 2019
خ. عاطوف, خ. الراس الأحمر, Kh. 'Atuf, Kh. a-Ras al-Ahmar, Kh. 'Atuf, Kh. a-Ras al-Ahmar
Yesterday, 18 September 2019, at around 8:00 P.M., Civil Administration personnel arrived with military jeeps and a bulldozer at the village of Khirbet ‘Atuf in the northern Jordan Valley. The forces demolished a shack and a caravan belonging to a resident of al-Judeidah, in Jenin District, used for farming. Later, at around 12:00 noon, the forces arrived at Khirbet a-Ras al-Ahmar and confiscated a tractor belonging to a resident of Tubas.
6 August 2019
خ. الراس الأحمر, Kh. a-Ras al-Ahmar, Kh. a-Ras al-Ahmar
This morning, Tuesday 6 August 2019, at around 7:00 A.M., Civil Administration personnel arrived at Khirbet a-Ras al-Ahmar in the northern Jordan Valley with a military escort. The forces confiscated a private car and tractor belonging to a resident of Tubas who owns farmland in the area. They also confiscated a truck that was unloading feeding troughs for livestock belonging to the local farmers. The Civil Administration personnel ordered the owners of the car and truck to drive their vehicles to the settlement of Beka’ot, while one of the personnel drove the tractor to the settlement.
12 June 2019
خ. الراس الأحمر, Kh. a-Ras al-Ahmar, Kh. a-Ras al-Ahmar
This morning, 12 June 2019, at around 7:00 A.M., Civil Administration personnel arrived at Khirbet a-Ras al-Ahmar in the northern Jordan Valley with a military escort and two bulldozers. The forces demolished six tents used as residences by two families with a total of 15 members, including 7 minors. The forces also demolished six tents used as livestock pens as well as a tin livestock pen. The forces then proceeded north, to an area that stretches between the Palestinian villages of al-'Aqabah and Tayasir, where they demolished a water cistern a farmer from Tayasir dug about three months ago for irrigation.
30 May 2019
الحديدية, خ. الراس الأحمر, al-Hadidiyah, Kh. a-Ras al-Ahmar, al-Hadidiyah, Kh. a-Ras al-Ahmar
On the morning of 30 May 2019, at about 8:00 A.M., Israeli Civil Administration personnel came with a tractor and bulldozer to Khirbet a-Ras al-Ahmar in the northern Jordan Valley. They had a military jeep as escort. The troops demolished two tents that served as seasonal dwellings and a sheep pen. One of the residential tents had been donated by the Red Cross and the other had been purchased with aid money from international humanitarian organizations. The troops also slashed and ruined ten canopy tents, some of which had been purchased with international aid funds. Later that morning, at about 10:00 A.M., CA personnel with a military jeep escort arrived at the village of al-Hadidiyah in the northern Jordan Valley. There, too, the troops demolished two tents that were seasonal homes and two tents that served as sheep pens.
13 March 2019
خ. الراس الأحمر, Kh. a-Ras al-Ahmar, Kh. a-Ras al-Ahmar
This morning, Tuesday, 13 March 2019, at around 10:00 A.M., Civil Administration officials came with a military jeep escort to Khirbet a-Ras al-Ahmar in the northern Jordan Valley. The force served the community with stop-work orders for tents and shacks that are home to five families - numbering 19 people, 10 of them children - and for about 20 livestock pens. They also confiscated a tractor from a Tubas farmer who cultivates land within the confines of the community, on the grounds that he had entered a closed military zone.
19 February 2019
Kh. a-Ras al-Ahmar, Kh. a-Ras al-Ahmar
Today, Tuesday, 19 February 2019, Civil Administration officials came with soldiers to Khirbet a-Ras al-Ahmar in the northern Jordan Valley. The force demolished two residential tents. One was home to a family of four and the other to one person. The force also demolished six tents that were used as a livestock pen, as well as a livestock paddock.
7 February 2019
خ. الراس الأحمر, البرج (الخَليل), خ. المالح, Ein al-Meyteh (Hamam al-Maleh), عين الميتة, Kh. a-Ras al-Ahmar, al-Burj (Hebron), Kh. al-Malih, 'Ein al-Meyteh, Kh. a-Ras al-Ahmar, al-Burj (Hebron), Kh. al-Malih (Hamamat al-Malih)
Yesterday, Wednesday, 6 February 2019, at around 10:00 A.M., Civil Administration personnel came with a military-jeep escort to the Palestinian communities of: Khirbet a-Ras al-Ahmar, al-Burj, Khirbet al-Malih and 'Ein al-Meyteh in the northern Jordan Valley. The forces instructed more than 50 families numbering a total of 291 people, including 154 children, to leave their homes by 5:00 PM. The instructions came after on Sunday, 3 February 2019, at around 10:00 AM, the families were handed orders for temporary evacuation on two dates: yesterday, 6 February 2019 and 13 February 2019 from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM. Yesterday, in Khirbet a-Ras al-Ahmar, the forces ordered three families to leave two hours before the time stated in the order. The three families, and the remaining families in the community who left at 10:00 AM had to walk for six kilometers to Khirbet ‘Atuf. In the other three communities, residents used tractors and tractor trailers, some going to Kafr ‘Aqabah and some to Khirbet ‘Ein al-Hilwa. After the families left, the military set up roadblocks at the entrance to Kafr ‘Aqabah and near Khirbet al-Malih, preventing travel between Jordan Valley communities and the city of Tubas for several hours. The military held training exercises with infantry units and dozens of tanks that fired shells.
18 October 2017
خ. الراس الأحمر, خ. الدير (بِيت لَحْم), Kh. a-Ras al-Ahmar, Kh. a-Deir (Bethlehem), Kh. a-Deir (Tubas), Kh. a-Ras al-Ahmar
On 14 October 2017, military forces arrived at two Palestinian communities in the Jordan valley to confiscate vehicles and work tools. At around 3:30 AM, a force arrived at a farm in Khirbet Ras al-Ahmar, where it confiscated a digger and a truck and told the people who work at the farm to drive the vehicles to the al-Hamra checkpoint. At around 2:00 PM, a military force arrived at the community of Khirbet a-Deir, and ordered the owner of a private car from the community and three people in possession of trucks rented with funding from a humanitarian organization to build an access road to farmlands, to drive their vehicles to the Beit Shean Bardalaי checkpoint. The drivers were held up at the checkpoint for several hours, and ultimately, two of the trucks were confiscated with no order. The reason given was construction without a permit.
10 September 2017
خ. الراس الأحمر, Kh. a-Ras al-Ahmar, Kh. a-Ras al-Ahmar
Today, Sunday 10 Sept. 2017, a military jeep arrived in the morning in the agricultural areas to the west of the Khirbet a-Ras al-Ahmar in the northern Jordan Valley. The forces confiscated two commercial vehicles and a truck. The vehicles were taken from three families who are employed by the landowners in the area as agricultural workers. A few days ago, on 6 September 2017, Civil Administration forces came to the same community and confiscated a tractor and a welding machine that was being used at the time by a resident to repair the community’s water pipe. The forces also confiscated a bus used for transporting agricultural workers to farms in the area. All the confiscations were undertaken on the pretext if presence in a “firing zone,” without issuing confiscation orders.
